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Three Portlanders are coming home with James Beard Awards, the lofty culinary prize named after Portland-born chef James Beard that held its awards ceremony last night.Naomi Pomeroy of Beast and Expatriate takes home the prize for Best Chef Northwest. Pomeroy, a four-time nominee, said upon accepting the Northwest chef prize, “I feel like I’m taking this award home for everybody in the ...
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McMinnville Italian joint is second America’s Classic in Oregon.

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James Beard was a native Oregonian, but
before last week only one restaurant in the state held the highest honor
given in his name. In my opinion, that’s at least being deemed one of
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Portland chefs have taken out two more James Beard Foundation Awards. Gabriel Rucker of Le Pigeon and Little Bird has been named the James Beard Foundation's 2011 Rising Star Chef of the Year, and Pok Pok and Ping's Andy Ricker took out the Best Chef Northwest category, beating out Seattle favorite Ethan Stowell from Staple & Fancy, as well as Grüner's Christopher Israel and Nostrana's Cathy Whims."The ...
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More to come?

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And by “Portland,” we mean “people who live in Portland.” Tonight, the James Beard Foundation Awards (essentially the food world's equivalent of the Academy Awards, but with a significantly higher collective BMI and likely more cocaine) announced its book, broadcast and journalism award winners. --- Sadly, WW’s probing gastronomical investigations such as 25 Amazing Things To ...
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